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There are still localized feed shortages in pockets of the province but timely rains later in the summer seem to have taken the edge off of feed shortages that have dogged cattle producers the past two seasons.

Hay prices run ahead of demand

After two years of running very lean, Manitoba’s feed supply is back from the brink

By Alexis Stockford October 7, 2020

Forage sellers may be aiming too high amid a softening hay market, according to a recent Hay Relief report from the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA). “The producers that I’ve talked to who are looking at selling and/or buying hay are kind of finding that there’s not a lot of people buying hay right

Grain Markets, Markets

Influx from spring harvest coming to feed market

Some wheat is said to still be making the grade, leaving numbers uncertain

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 8, 2020

As the spring harvest ramps up, more and more grain will be making its way to the feed market, according to Glen Loynes of JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw, Sask. “We’re going to see a lot of it in the next week or so,” Loynes said, noting it’s too early to be certain about the

CBOT May 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps after Egypt again passes on U.S. product

Soybeans slip on low exports, livestock feed worries

By GFM Network News April 17, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures retreated on Thursday as worries over favourable weather dissipated and demand concerns resurfaced after top importer Egypt passed on U.S. wheat in a purchasing tender for a second straight day. Soybean futures sagged on weaker-than-expected export sales and worries of diminished livestock feed demand, while corn firmed after

Beef cattle, Livestock

Zoetis buys livestock data management firm

Performance Beef platform to expand drugmaker's 'precision' production offering

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 11, 2020

The producer of livestock drugs such as Draxxin, Bovatec and Excede is buying space in the “precision livestock farming” market with a deal for a U.S. livestock data management firm. New Jersey-based Zoetis, which makes drugs and vaccines for the beef and dairy cattle, equine, swine, poultry and sheep sectors as well as cats and

A corn crop west of Grunthal, Man. on Aug. 17, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

USDA raises corn, soy, wheat supply outlook

Ending stocks expected up on slowing export demand

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 9, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department raised its outlook for domestic supplies of corn on Thursday on expectations for reduced usage by ethanol producers, as demand for the alternative fuel has been cratering due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The government also bumped up its wheat and soybean ending stocks view

As winter bites the scope of the feed shortage — and the size of the cull — is coming into focus.

Livestock, Local news

Livestock feed crisis kicks off

Farmers are getting a sense of exactly how much trouble they’re in now that the winter is closing in

By Alexis Stockford December 5, 2019

The province hopes to revamp forage insurance, but an update to future insurance will not help producers face down their current crisis, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen acknowledged. Feed trucks have become a common sight as producers scramble to overwinter cattle, Ste. Rose du Lac Mayor Robert Brunel said. Brunel says it

(Promotional video screengrab via DSM.com)

Livestock, Weather

Chemical firm sees strong demand for methane-reducing feed additive

By GFM Network News September 30, 2019

Amsterdam | Reuters — Dutch specialty chemicals company DSM is expecting strong demand for a feed additive which limits the amount of methane burped into the air by cows, its contribution to the global fight against climate change. Methane has a much larger effect on global warming than carbon dioxide (CO2) and reducing methane emissions

Did you know?, Livestock

U.S. livestock gorge on bakery rolls and pet food

By Tom Polansek August 12, 2019

Reuters – U.S. farmers are feeding their livestock everything from outdated pet food and leftover bakery rolls to crops imported from South America after unprecedented spring planting delays boosted prices for locally grown corn. Agricultural co-operatives, equipment dealers and plants that process corn into ethanol have already been strained because farmers were unable to plant

High feed prices are pushing Canadian cattle out of the United States market.
Photo: Thinkstock

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Cattle feeding getting expensive in Manitoba

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 2, 2019

MarketsFarm – With a looming feed shortage, it has been getting more costly to feed cattle, said Mike Nernberg, marketing representative for Winnipeg Livestock Sales. Nernberg estimated it has been costing about C$4.00 per day to feed an individual animal, which adds up given the amount a feedlot is feeding and for the length of

Feed markets, Markets

Feed grains prices softer ahead of harvest

Old crop barley is off $20

By Marlo Glass July 25, 2019

MarketsFarm – Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Prairie drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain showed us we’ll have a

Daily Network News

Spain deploys military to contain African swine fever near Barcelona

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle futures climb on post-Thanksgiving trade

U.S. grains: Corn futures set June high on US export demand

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